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A Bit of War History: The Recruit

Thomas Waterman Wood · 1823–1903

Maximum print size

22.9 × 31.5 cm · 9.0 × 12.4 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,686 × 3,721 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 22.9 × 31.5 cm · 9.0 × 12.4 in
Mat border, sides: 8.9 cm · 3.5 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.7 cm · 3.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1866
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 71.8 × 51.4 cm · 28.3 × 20.2 in
Origin: American
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: American Civil War, Firearms, Men, Portraits, Soldiers
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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